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Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Memorial Day tribute pays respects BY ALLISON BROWN Foothills Focus Staff Writer
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arefree will host a Memorial Day tribute to recognize and show respect to those who died in service Monday, May 30, at the Cave Creek Memorial Cemetery. Event organizer and Vice Mayor John Crane said, despite the name, the cemetery is in Carefree and is a relatively small pio-
neer cemetery in a natural, desert landscape. The ceremony starts at 8 a.m. and will feature several community organizations. “It will last a little less than an hour. We want to be sensitive to the heat,” Crane said. “We tried to make it as community focused as possible. The local Boy Scout troop will present and retrieve the colors. We have a couple of students from Sonoran Trails Middle School who will sing the national anthem and ‘America the Beautiful.’”
American Legion Post 34 will also be there for the ceremony. The Black Mountain Foothills Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will serve water, coffee and cookies. In addition, Cactus Shadows High School students involved in the Veterans Heritage Project will talk about their experience. Crane said for the Veterans Heritage Proj-
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Rally supports families of fallen veterans
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FEATURES......... 17 Carefree eateries participating in restaurant week
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BY ALLISON BROWN Foothills Focus Staff Writer
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undreds of flags and dozens of community members will line the streets leading to the National Memorial Cemetery in Phoenix to honor those who died in service at the 16th annual Flags for Our Fallen Memorial Day Rally Monday, May 30. At the rally, 500 flags are installed on 10-foot poles along the corner of Cave Creek and Pinnacle Peak roads. Each flag is adorned with a ribbon that has a veteran’s name hand-printed on it. About 200 members of Riders USA
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The 16th annual Flags for Our Fallen Memorial Day Rally will be held from 6 to 8 a.m. Monday, May 30, to show support for those entering the National Memorial Cemetery. (Submitted photo) 4454 East Thomas Road • Phoenix, AZ 85018
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